I hadn't heard this song in a while. I heard it last night and it just messed me up. May it mess you up, too.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
A need for a change of scenery
Growing up, I remember listening to my dad tell stories of when he was in the service and stationed in New Mexico, Germany and Thailand. For some reason, it was the stories of his time in Thailand that captivated me.
Eleven years ago, I went through The Laborer's Institute, a three month intensive program put on by Kingdom Building Ministries designed to train and help raise up laborers for the Kingdom of God. It involved a month of "drinking from a fire hydrant"... soaking in the Word and listening to different speakers pour out wisdom. The second month was spent overseas somewhere in the 10/40 window, building relationships, teaching English, and sharing Christ's love. The third month consisted of more training and helping minister at different church camps. It was to my excitement when I discovered that I got to go to Thailand in the second month.
A year later, I actually had the opportunity to go back to the same place in Thailand with NMC.
Those two trips taught me a lot about myself, how inexperienced and immature I was at the time, and helped me to grow in my faith develop my worldview as a Christ-follower. It was in these trips that I truly experienced spiritual warfare, and saw God answer prayer. It was in these trips that I realized that God used me, but more significantly spoke to me and taught me through the people around me.
So here I am eleven years later, changed, but staring down indifference and lack of focus in my life. I feel like the last year has changed my paradigm when it comes to being called to do ministry and follow Christ (which you very well may see in posts to come). I feel like I am being drawn to be a part of something... something bigger than myself.
An opportunity that has been around for a while has definitely captivated my attention, and my desire to not be satisfied with where I am with my walk with Jesus Christ. I was going to take part last year, but for many reasons wasn't the right timing. But now it is.
Towards the end of next month, I will have the opportunity to go to Kenya to the African Gospel Church Baby Center, as well as visit the Mathare slums and travel to Salgaa. I am so excited for this trip. There is something about traveling away from your comfort zone to help you break out of your comfort zone. I want to see God move. I want to see God continue to use me, I want to hear God speak to me in a way that I could never hear in the comfort of my life and my surroundings here.
I would love for you to join with me in this journey by praying for me in the weeks to come.
Pray for my support: It takes money to do this, and I could use some help.
Pray for the team(this includes me): for all who are going, that they would see God in a new way, and would never be the same as a result of it.
Eleven years ago, I went through The Laborer's Institute, a three month intensive program put on by Kingdom Building Ministries designed to train and help raise up laborers for the Kingdom of God. It involved a month of "drinking from a fire hydrant"... soaking in the Word and listening to different speakers pour out wisdom. The second month was spent overseas somewhere in the 10/40 window, building relationships, teaching English, and sharing Christ's love. The third month consisted of more training and helping minister at different church camps. It was to my excitement when I discovered that I got to go to Thailand in the second month.
A year later, I actually had the opportunity to go back to the same place in Thailand with NMC.
Those two trips taught me a lot about myself, how inexperienced and immature I was at the time, and helped me to grow in my faith develop my worldview as a Christ-follower. It was in these trips that I truly experienced spiritual warfare, and saw God answer prayer. It was in these trips that I realized that God used me, but more significantly spoke to me and taught me through the people around me.
So here I am eleven years later, changed, but staring down indifference and lack of focus in my life. I feel like the last year has changed my paradigm when it comes to being called to do ministry and follow Christ (which you very well may see in posts to come). I feel like I am being drawn to be a part of something... something bigger than myself.
An opportunity that has been around for a while has definitely captivated my attention, and my desire to not be satisfied with where I am with my walk with Jesus Christ. I was going to take part last year, but for many reasons wasn't the right timing. But now it is.
Towards the end of next month, I will have the opportunity to go to Kenya to the African Gospel Church Baby Center, as well as visit the Mathare slums and travel to Salgaa. I am so excited for this trip. There is something about traveling away from your comfort zone to help you break out of your comfort zone. I want to see God move. I want to see God continue to use me, I want to hear God speak to me in a way that I could never hear in the comfort of my life and my surroundings here.
I would love for you to join with me in this journey by praying for me in the weeks to come.
Pray for my support: It takes money to do this, and I could use some help.
Pray for the team(this includes me): for all who are going, that they would see God in a new way, and would never be the same as a result of it.
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